"Pricklouse" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples

"Pricklouse" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers

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"Pricklouse" Meaning

A small, usually sessile, flat-bodied insect with a hard, chitinous body, segmented with six legs and usually bearing spines or cilia, that lives in damp places, especially in soil or among moss.

"Pricklouse" Examples

Prickly or pricklouse


- Prickly is used for describing plants or objects that have sharp parts, especially the outer layer:

The cactus is very prickly, so we should handle it gently.
Bushes are often prickly to the touch.

- Prickwouse or is sometimes used to describe especially somebody who causes emotional distress to people, though it is perhaps more commonly spelled as "prickly people."

She has always been a prickly person who doesn't easily open up to new people.

- Pricklouse is also used in a way which could sound harsh - to describe a wishy-washy person, indicating that concealing/disguising the true nature of a political solution:

Pricklouse issue words referring to appeasement (Political dictionary).

"Pricklouse" Similar Words

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Pressed or pierced lightly, typically with a pointed instrument.

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A sharp or pointed part, especially on the surface of a plant, such as a thorn or spine.

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